Let No Man Write My Epitaph

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Let No Man Write My Epitaph is a 1958 novel by American author Willard Motley that portrays the struggles of a boy growing up in a Chicago slum amid crime, poverty, and moral conflict.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptationReleaseYear 1960
adaptationType feature film
addressesIssue alcohol and drug abuse
family instability
juvenile delinquency
social inequality
violence
author Willard Motley
countryOfOrigin United States
follows Knock on Any Door
genre realist novel
social novel
urban fiction
hasAdaptation Let No Man Write My Epitaph (film)
hasTitleOrigin epitaph motif
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
literaryStyle naturalism
social realism
mainThemes coming of age
crime
moral conflict
poverty
narrativeFocus struggles of urban poor
notableFor critique of American urban society
depiction of Chicago slum life
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication United States
protagonistCharacteristic boy growing up in a Chicago slum
publicationYear 1958
publisherCountry United States
settingCountry United States
settingEnvironment slum
settingLocation Chicago
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century
workOfAuthor Willard Motley

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Willard Motley notableWork Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Willard Motley wrote Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Philip Leacock notableWork Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Philip Leacock directed Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Let No Man Write My Epitaph hasAdaptation Let No Man Write My Epitaph (film)
linked to: Let No Man Write My Epitaph